Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa in Talks for British Mobile Firm O2
If completed, the $15 billion deal between Three, Hutchison Whampoa’s British cellphone business, and O2 would be the latest in a transformation of Europe’s telecom sector.
View ArticleBritish Telecom Giant BT to Buy EE for $19 Billion
The former British telecom monopoly agreed on Thursday to buy EE, Britain’s largest cellphone network, from Orange of France and Deutsche Telekom of Germany.
View ArticleAn Uneasy Relationship Between Telecom and Tech
Large mobile carriers and tech giants like Facebook and Google rely on one another, but they are competing to be consumers’ main source for Internet use on mobile devices.
View ArticleHutchison Whampoa to Acquire British Cellphone Carrier O2
Under the deal, worth about $15 billion, the company owned by the billionaire Li Ka-shing will combine O2 with another British phone business.
View ArticleTelefónica of Spain Reports Profit Jump From Pending Sale of O2
The telecommunications giant said that its net profit in the first three months of the year almost tripled.
View ArticleBrazilian Companies Are Finding Willing Investors Again
Although Brazil still has economic problems, some companies, including Petrobras, Par Corretora and the Brazilian subsidiary of Telefónica, are tapping the public markets.
View ArticleE.U. Regulators Block Merger of British Mobile Carriers on Competition Grounds
The acquisition of O2 by Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of the operator Three, would have harmed consumer choice, the bloc’s antitrust chief said.
View ArticleViacom in Deal to Buy Argentine Broadcast Network
Viacom, looking to expand internationally to offset a slowing domestic market, will buy Televisión Federal from Telefónica of Spain.
View ArticleTech Firms Sign ‘Digital Geneva Accord’ Not to Aid Governments in Cyberwar
The companies, including Microsoft and Facebook, hope to create a Geneva Conventions for cyberspace, but none are from countries that are suspected in most of the recent attacks.
View ArticleSurging Traffic Is Slowing Down Our Internet
With people going online more in the pandemic, internet traffic has exploded. That’s taking a toll on our download speeds and video quality.
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